W. A. Wakeham

17.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
331 papers, 14.8k citations indexed

About

W. A. Wakeham is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, W. A. Wakeham has authored 331 papers receiving a total of 14.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 235 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 84 papers in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes and 80 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in W. A. Wakeham's work include Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (216 papers), Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure (78 papers) and Thermodynamic properties of mixtures (72 papers). W. A. Wakeham is often cited by papers focused on Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (216 papers), Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure (78 papers) and Thermodynamic properties of mixtures (72 papers). W. A. Wakeham collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Greece. W. A. Wakeham's co-authors include J. Kestin, M. J. Assael, Velisa Vesovic, C. A. Nieto de Castro, Geoffrey C. Maitland, A. Fenghour, S. T. Ro, M.M. Sokolov, Maurice Rigby and E. B. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, Physics Today and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

W. A. Wakeham

327 papers receiving 14.1k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Viscosity of liquid water in the range −8 °C to 150 °C

1978 746 citations J. Kestin, M.M. Sokolov et al. Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data profile →
Intermolecular Forces: Their Origin and Determination

1983 692 citations W. A. Wakeham et al. profile →
The Transport Properties of Carbon Dioxide

1990 645 citations W. A. Wakeham et al. Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data profile →
The Viscosity of Carbon Dioxide

1998 644 citations W. A. Wakeham et al. Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data profile →
Standard Reference Data for the Thermal Conductivity of Water

1995 463 citations C. A. Nieto de Castro, M. J. Assael et al. Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
W. A. Wakeham	8.2k	3.4k	3.2k	2.6k	2.5k	331	14.8k
J. Kestin	5.6k 0.7×	3.3k 1.0×	1.6k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	233	11.9k
R. Byron Bird	4.1k 0.5×	1.4k 0.4×	4.1k 1.3×	2.8k 1.1×	1.1k 0.4×	35	15.2k
Stanley I. Sandler	10.5k 1.3×	2.6k 0.8×	5.1k 1.6×	4.5k 1.8×	4.4k 1.8×	360	18.2k
Robert E. Street	5.7k 0.7×	3.0k 0.9×	2.7k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	26	13.6k
Eric W. Lemmon	7.0k 0.9×	6.5k 1.9×	3.1k 1.0×	1.4k 0.5×	2.6k 1.0×	127	15.2k
T. K. Sherwood	6.4k 0.8×	3.3k 1.0×	2.8k 0.9×	2.6k 1.0×	2.3k 0.9×	37	14.6k
J. V. Sengers	5.3k 0.6×	856 0.3×	2.4k 0.7×	2.5k 1.0×	1.3k 0.5×	221	9.6k
Hans Hasse	6.6k 0.8×	3.1k 0.9×	2.3k 0.7×	3.2k 1.2×	1.8k 0.7×	467	12.5k
C. F. Curtiss	3.3k 0.4×	816 0.2×	1.8k 0.5×	2.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.4×	136	13.7k
Roland Span	6.1k 0.7×	3.6k 1.1×	2.2k 0.7×	968 0.4×	2.1k 0.9×	172	11.2k

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Klein, Tobias, Thomas M. Koller, Michael H. Rausch, et al.. (2025). Definitions and preferred symbols for mass diffusion coefficients in multicomponent fluid mixtures including electrolytes (IUPAC Technical Report). Pure and Applied Chemistry. 97(7). 689–713. 1 indexed citations

Castro, C. A. Nieto de, S. M. Richardson, & W. A. Wakeham. (2024). The Torsional Quartz-Crystal Viscometer. International Journal of Thermophysics. 45(7). 2 indexed citations

Antoniadis, Konstantinos D., et al.. (2023). Accurate Measurements of the Thermal Conductivity of n-Docosane, n-Tetracosane, 1,6-Hexanediol, and 1,8-Octanediol in the Solid and Liquid Phases. International Journal of Thermophysics. 44(5). 6 indexed citations

Wakeham, W. A., et al.. (2023). Building a physics degree for the future. Physics World. 36(2). 32–36.

Assael, M. J., et al.. (2023). Correct Use of the Transient Hot-Wire Technique for Thermal Conductivity Measurements on Fluids. International Journal of Thermophysics. 44(6). 14 indexed citations

Wakeham, W. A. & S. M. Richardson. (2021). The Torsional Quartz-Crystal Viscometer. International Journal of Thermophysics. 42(8). 3 indexed citations

Paredes, Xavier, Maria José Lourenço, C. A. Nieto de Castro, & W. A. Wakeham. (2021). Thermal Conductivity of Ionic Liquids and IoNanofluids. Can Molecular Theory Help?. Fluids. 6(3). 116–116. 10 indexed citations

Assael, M. J., et al.. (2019). Reference Correlations for the Viscosity of 13 Inorganic Molten Salts. Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data. 48(1). 15 indexed citations

Wakeham, W. A., M. J. Assael, Helena M.N.T. Avelino, et al.. (2018). Correction to “In Pursuit of a High-Temperature, High-Pressure, High-Viscosity Standard: The Case of Tris(2-ethylhexyl) Trimellitate”. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data. 63(5). 1846–1846. 1 indexed citations

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Avelino, Helena M.N.T., Fernando J. P. Caetano, João C. F. Diogo, et al.. (2018). Density and Rheology of Tris(2-ethylhexyl) Trimellitate (TOTM). Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data. 63(2). 459–462. 6 indexed citations

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Pantzali, M.N., M. J. Assael, Laura Colla, et al.. (2018). Correction to “New Measurements of the Apparent Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluids and Investigation of Their Heat Transfer Capabilities”. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data. 63(11). 4277–4279. 3 indexed citations

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Wakeham, W. A., M. J. Assael, Helena M.N.T. Avelino, et al.. (2017). In Pursuit of a High-Temperature, High-Pressure, High-Viscosity Standard: The Case of Tris(2-ethylhexyl) Trimellitate. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data. 62(9). 2884–2895. 28 indexed citations

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Diogo, João C. F., Helena M.N.T. Avelino, Fernando J. P. Caetano, João M. N. A. Fareleira, & W. A. Wakeham. (2016). Tris(2-ethylhexyl) trimellitate (TOTM) as a potential industrial reference fluid for viscosity at high temperatures and high pressures: New viscosity, density and surface tension measurements. Fluid Phase Equilibria. 418. 192–197. 16 indexed citations

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Assael, M. J., Jiangtao Wu, Erhard Kaschnitz, et al.. (2012). Reference data for the density and viscosity of liquid antimony, bismuth, lead, nickel and silver. High Temperatures-High Pressures. 16 indexed citations

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Fitt, A. D., et al.. (2008). A fractional differential equation for a MEMS viscometer used in the oil industry. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics. 229(2). 373–381. 50 indexed citations

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Frenkel, Michael, Vladimir Diky, Qian Dong, et al.. (2006). XML-Based IUPAC Standard for Experimental, Predicted, and Critically Evaluated Thermodynamic Property Data Storage and Capture (ThermoML) (IUPAC Recommendations 2006). Chemistry International. 28(3). 2 indexed citations

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Kestin, J., W. A. Wakeham, & Ching-Yen Ho. (1988). Transport properties of fluids : thermal conductivity, viscosity, and diffusion coefficient. 53 indexed citations

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Kestin, J., M.M. Sokolov, & W. A. Wakeham. (1978). Viscosity of liquid water in the range −8 °C to 150 °C. Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data. 7(3). 941–948. 746 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pratt, Kerry C. & W. A. Wakeham. (1975). The mutual diffusion coefficient for binary mixtures of water and the isomers of propanol. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 342(1630). 401–419. 88 indexed citations

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Pratt, Kerry C. & W. A. Wakeham. (1974). The mutual diffusion coefficient of ethanol–water mixtures: determination by a rapid, new method. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 336(1606). 393–406. 119 indexed citations

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